Haloragis micrantha (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc.
Gonocarpus micranthus Thunb. Nov. Gen. Pl. 3, 1783, 55.
H. tenella Brong. in Duperrey Voy. Coq. Bot. 1829, t. 68, f. B non DC.
Goniocarpus citriodorus A. Cunn. in Ann. nat. Hist. 3, 1839, 30.
H. minima Col. in T.N.Z.I. 18, 1886, 259.
Slender glab. herb up to 10 cm. tall, rooting from lowest nodes. Stems many, obscurely tetragonous; lvs opp., almost sessile, 3-10 mm. long, ovate, membr., margin cartilaginous with 4-5 incisures on each side. Infl. a terminal raceme from which bracts and bracteoles fall early leaving fls in opp. pairs. Fls reddish, drooping, c. 1·5 mm. long, strongly protandrous; sepals broadly triangular, = ovary; petals hooded, without hairs, > ovary; stamens 8; ovary 8-angled, globose, constricted below sepals; styles short, erect, cylindrical, stigmas of long multicellular hairs. Fr. dark red, c. 0·5 mm. long, with 8 vertical ribs, faces between ribs concave and smooth; pericarp not hardened, 1 loculus with us. 1 seed.
DIST.: N., S., St. In boggy and peaty places.
FL. 11-3. FT. 12-3. The sp. occurs also in Tasmania, Australia, India, Japan, China, Malaya.
Colenso specimens of H. minima are at both W and A.
